In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Douglas J. Wood discusses his new book, The Shakespeare Killer. It is the sequel to his critically acclaimed novel, Blood on the Bayou. In this new thriller, an FBI profiler is on the hunt for a serial killer whose actions indicate that he is taking a particular William Shakespeare quote literally: “kill all the lawyers.” Doug became fascinated by his research into FBI profiling, and this interest helped him craft his main character, Special Agent Chris DiMeglio, a man who is a consummate professional in his work but flawed and struggling in his personal life. Doug also took a great deal of care to weave into this story various Shakespeare theories and quotes. The result is a fast-paced police procedural that is every bit the cat and mouse game. An attorney himself, Doug practiced law for nearly 50 years, but readily admits that writing fiction is his passion. In this episode, I’ll chat with Doug about his writing journey, the various other books he’s written, including a legal career memoir, and why he thinks authors are well suited to write novels about the dark parts of our society.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author C.J. Milacci discusses the first two books in her Talionis series: Recruit of Talionis and Fugitive of Talionis. These sci fi dystopian novels were written for the young adult audience, but fans of C.J.’s series vary in age with the youngest fan being just 10 years old, and oldest being ninety-eight. In this series, the main character Bria is a young woman haunted by personal tragedy who is kidnapped to become a recruit in an army of secret soldiers, forced to fight in a war that she wants no part of. What was C.J.’s inspiration for this series? She started with a question: What would happen if America fell like Rome did, while the rest of the world moved on and abandoned the survivors of America’s collapse? From C.J.’s answer to that question, the Talionis series was born. In this episode, I’ll chat with C.J. about her writing journey, the reason she is became a fan of plotting her stories, and what she loves about dystopian novels.

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.In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Tim Facciola discusses his new Vengeful Realm series. The first book, The Scales of Balance, is out now, with books two and three to follow next year. Tim describes his fantasy series as Game of Thrones meets Spartacus’s rebellion from Rome. Told from seven different points of view, The Scales of Balance follows the story of several main characters, one of whom is Zephyrus, a gladiator with amnesia and a mysterious prophecy who finds himself fighting for his freedom while also serving as a royal spy. This book is filled with combat, conspiracies, betrayals, gods and magic. But at its heart, it is a story about finding one’s identity which, as you can imagine, is more difficult than it sounds, especially given the epic sweep of this tale. In this episode, I’ll chat with Michael about his writing journey, how this series was a decade in the making, and how he used Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to start his world building.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Michael C. Bland discusses his new science fiction trilogy, which he has crafted with both thriller and dystopian elements. The first two books in the series are out now: The Price of Safety and The Price of Rebellion. Michael chose to set this story in the year 2047, and it is inspired by our world as it currently stands. He started with the premise that technology can make our lives better, but it can also be used against us. What if, while no one was paying attention, someone out there was actually paying attention to everything. In Michael’s near-future world, everyone has a computer implant. In fact, not having one is illegal. But that technology ends up in the hands of bad actors who do not have everyone’s best interest at heart. Michael is hard at work on the last book in the trilogy, and we look forward to book #3 in the very near future. In this episode, I’ll chat with Michael about his writing journey, how he started with comic books at the age of 10, and why his first job in finance (as a debt collector) is ripe with stories for future books.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Mark Angelo discusses his children’s picture book, Can We Play Baseball, Mr. DeMille? It is a fun, uplifting story inspired by events in his own childhood. When Mark was a young boy, he and his brother Chris shared a love of baseball. The Dodgers had just moved to Los Angeles, and baseball fever was sweeping the city. Mark and Chris were looking for a place to play with their friends.  Open spaces were difficult to find in Los Angeles, but Mark and his friends found the perfect spot—a lovely patch of land perfect for playing baseball. The only problem was that it was owned by none other than Hollywood legend Cecil B. DeMille. Being the youngest of the group, Mark was nominated to go and speak with Mr. DeMille to ask permission to play on his property. Did the Hollywood legend say yes? You’ll have to read the book to find out. In this episode, I’ll chat with Mark about his writing journey, his love of all things baseball, and how, after years of writing for a university audience, his grandchildren inspired him to start writing children’s books.
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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Reenita Hora discusses her book, Operation Mom: My Plan to Get My Mom a Life and a Man. This young adult rom-com novel features a 17-year-old native of Mumbai and her mother, a middle-aged Punjabi woman. Reenita is quick to point out that this book is a work of fiction, not a self-help guide, and is more comedy than romance. In fact, it is inspired by the comedy of her everyday existence and the zany, feisty and fabulous women in her life. Her goal with Operation Mom was to write a comedic story that would be universal, while still showcasing Indian characters and aspects of their lives that most audiences have not seen before--especially the everyday humor. Reenita is also the producer of two podcasts: one is a narrative fiction “radio drama” of her magical, coming-of-age novel, Shadow Realm; and the other is the True Fiction Project, which explores the journey from unscripted to scripted wherein a nonfiction interview is used as the basis for a work of fiction. In this episode, I’ll chat with Reenita about her writing journey, her books, both fiction and nonfiction, and her desire to write stories that reflect the South Asian experience.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Brooklyn Quintana discusses her latest book, Blood in the Water. It is the second book in her Fynneas Fog series, and the follow up to her debut novel, Nine of Swords. Blood in the Water is a young adult fantasy novel that takes place at a nightmarish military academy on a tropical island. A catastrophic event has changed everything for Fynneas Fog and his friends, and they must pick up the pieces and try to move on, as the story becomes darker with much more at stake. Brooklyn aimed for a more horror-story vibe with this latest novel, while still carrying on the mystery in the background and punctuating the tension with moments of levity. Even though this series is a passion project for Brooklyn, and one whose story idea has been with her since she was a little girl, she was very nervous about writing book two. Would the characters sound and behave like themselves? Fortunately for fans of the series, the answer is yes. In this episode, I’ll chat with Brooklyn about her writing journey, why Blood in the Water took almost twice as long to write as the first book, and her ongoing efforts to turn these books into a graphic novel series.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Laura Moe and actor Preston Geer discuss their collaboration on the audio book for Laura’s young adult novel, Breakfast with Neruda. This novel is the award-winning first book in a trilogy that includes, Blue Valentines and The Language of the Son. When the time came for Laura to make Breakfast with Neruda into an audio book, she began her search for the perfect narrator. Then she heard actor Preston Geer’s sample, and she knew she had found the one. In addition to being a working actor in Hollywood, Preston is the narrator of almost 70 audio books, so Breakfast with Neruda was in safe hands. In this episode, I’ll chat with Laura and Preston about their audio book journey, why a request from a Hollywood producer became the catalyst for turning the novel into an audio book, and Laura’s preparation to turn the novel into a screenplay for a streaming series.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Candace Kade discusses her new novel, Enhanced, book one in The Hybrid series. Enhanced is a young adult novel that blends cyberpunk with science fiction and is set in a part of our world known as the Asian Federation in the year 2123. This is a time when everyone has genetic enhancements, if they can afford them. The main character, a young woman named Lee Urban, unfortunately was born a Natural, someone lacking such enhancements. Lee’s genetic make-up places her in danger, and she plays a deadly game of trying to fit into the world of the Enhanced. In creating this novel, Candace asked the question: What would society look like if CRISPR and DNA modification really took off? The answer might just resemble the world she has created in this new series. In this episode, I’ll chat with Candace about her writing journey, how her experiences as an American child growing up in China provided insight for her main character, and how her dream since high school was to write at least one book set in Asia.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Amanda Lees discusses her latest book, The Midwife’s Child. It is the third book in a loosely connected series set during World War II, featuring female agents fighting in the Resistance. Her main characters in the books are all based on real women who were decorated for their leadership and heroism during WWII. Amanda loves history and credits one of her teachers in a convent boarding school for sparking her interest in the subject at an early age. She admits that The Midwife’s Child is the hardest book she has ever written. While the book is based on a real-life love story that Amanda came across during her research, the novel is partly set in Auschwitz. Amanda worked hard on this book as a way to honor those who were sent there, those who died and those who survived, and to be true to what happened. But Amanda is quick to point out that The Midwife’s Child, like all the other books in the series, is a story filled with courage and hope. In this episode, I’ll chat with Amanda about her writing journey, how coming back to the publishing industry after a long hiatus was a very different experience than when she first got started, and what she means when she says she writes “dangerously.”

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Jen Delozier, who writes under the pen name J.L. Delozier, discusses her new novel, The Photo Thief. Jen is a retired physician who worked in disaster relief for many years. Now, as an author of five novels, she finds herself inspired by science that exits on what she calls “the edge of reality” -- such things as bizarre medical anomalies, new genetic discoveries, and anything that seems too weird to be true. The Photo Thief, her latest novel, is a modern gothic murder mystery. In this book, a grieving detective meets a troubled, epileptic teen who claims her socialite mother was murdered. The young woman’s evidence? Dead people. Specifically, those appearing in a series of vintage crime-scene photographs displayed on the wall of her family’s mansion. Are her sources from beyond the grave correct? You’ll have to pick up a copy of The Photo Thief to find out. In this episode, I’ll chat with Jen about her writing journey, the inspiration for her main character, Detective Brennan, and the interesting historical tidbit that gave her the idea for the book’s title.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Claire Seeber discusses her new book, The Birthday Reunion. Claire is the author of nine books, all of them dark, twisty, psychological thrillers. The Birthday Reunion is no exception. This novel is a twist on the domestic thriller, featuring four middle-aged women who were best friends in their early twenties but haven’t spoken in twenty years. When three of them are invited to the fourth woman’s birthday party on a gorgeous island in the Mediterranean, the four women reunite. And in typical Claire Seeber fashion, everything goes horribly wrong. As a psychotherapist, Claire has always been fascinated by the reasons people do the things they do, particularly when it comes to secrets and lies. Her work has informed her writing, and the results are fast-paced novels full of cliff-hangers and complex human psychology. In this episode, I’ll chat with Claire about her writing journey, how her former training and work as an actor and director helps shape her stories, and why she says she feels “compelled” to write.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Paul Lamb discusses his new book, One-Match Fire. Paul describes this novel as a love story—involving the love between grandfather, father and son, as well as the love they all share for a little cabin in the Ozarks. The cabin is a place where the characters can leave their lives behind and just be themselves. That setting was inspired by Paul’s own cabin in the Ozarks, and he admits that the cabin in his novel became a character itself with its own emotional journey. Paul also explains that he never intended to write this novel. In fact, it was never meant to be more than a short story. But when that short story got published, Paul decided to write another one…and then another and another. He wrote ten short stories in all, and by that time he decided there was probably enough to sit down and finally draft a novel. In this episode, I’ll chat with Paul about his writing journey, his plans to write more books featuring the characters from One-Match Fire, and why he believes “everybody is a story.”

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, best-selling author Matthew Farrell discusses his latest book, The Woman at Number 6, a gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist. Matthew loves to write characters that a lot of readers can relate to -- typical families, suburban neighborhoods, and so on. But what he really loves is to interject turmoil into that world, to place his normal characters into abnormal situations where something important is at stake. Matthew believes this might be the key to his success with writing such great tension into his stories. The Woman at Number 6, like all of Matthew’s books, is a fast-paced, tension-filled ride. He admits that it is hard work to keep up the pace of the stories as he writes them. The end result? Well, the response he receives from readers is that they can’t put them down. In this episode, I’ll chat with Matthew about his writing journey, how long it took him to finally break into the traditional publishing world, and what he means when he says he writes about “real fear.”
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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Derek Baxter discusses his book, In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father. Derek’s book is about a little-known travel guide written by Thomas Jefferson in 1788 titled, “Hints for Americans Traveling in Europe.” Jefferson wrote the book for the sons of two wealthy friends who were setting out on a tour of the European continent. Derek came across this mysterious travel guide online and was surprised to find out that it wasn’t talked about much by historians. It also stirred up fond memories for Derek of his own days backpacking through France at age twenty. So, armed with the guide, Derek and his family set out to recreate Jefferson’s travels and to follow his “Hints for Americans.” Derek took nine trips to Europe, following Jefferson’s guided tour, and his book, In Pursuit of Jefferson, tells the tale. In this episode, I’ll chat with Derek about his writing journey, why Jefferson is such a perplexing figure in American history, and the most interesting parts of Jefferson’s European tour—the architecture, the gardens and the wine!

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Frank Reteguiz discusses his American Lore series. What started out as a single story eventually became an interconnected series of novels. There are currently six books available in the series, which is a unique mashup of horror, fantasy and science fiction. Frank draws inspiration for his novels from Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, and his own experience as a former police officer. He also likes to weave little-known historical facts into his stories, which he writes as modern day fables. As for his writing process, Frank admits that he doesn’t start writing anything until he knows for certain how the story will end. In this episode, I’ll chat with Frank about his writing journey, his experience selling his books at festivals, art markets and local bars, and the book promotion that has worked best for him: "Buy a book, get a free shot."

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Michael Kaufman discusses the first two books in his Jen Lu mystery series -— The Last Exit and The Last Resort. Set in Washington, D.C. about ten years in the future, this series of political thrillers features two main characters, Detective Jen Lu and a sentient bio-computer named Chandler, who happens to be implanted in Jen Lu’s brain. In this not-too-distant future, Jen and Chandler come up against global conspiracies, political intrigue, the development of longevity treatments (both legal and black market), and a global climate crisis that is having dangerous and deadly consequences. While Jen Lu’s world may be confronting many of the problems we’re encountering today, Michael assures us that there is a sense of hope, as well as a fair bit of humor, in these stories. In this episode, I’ll chat with Michael about his writing journey, the importance of having a tight interaction between character and plot in mysteries, and his various works in projects and other writing goals.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Jessica Hatch discusses her new novel, How to Keep a Husband for Ten Days. This fun, rom-com story is a second-chance romance about a couple in the middle of breaking up who find themselves having to pretend to be in love with each other for a little while longer. Along with the main characters, Lina and Brown, the book features a cast of characters that is loosely based on a group of friends Jessica met when they all lived in the same old building. Jessica admits that writing How to Keep a Husband for Ten Days was a messier creative process than she is accustomed to, due to the quick deadline she had to meet in order for this book to make it onto the shelves. That’s because her debut novel was released only six months prior. In this episode, I’ll chat with Jessica about her writing journey, her experience with writing under pressure, and why she describes her writing style as “too many books, too little time.” Jessica also shares a link to her article with advice for meeting an intensive deadline: read Jessica’s article here!

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Melody Johnson discusses her latest novel, Sight Beyond the Sun. It is the follow up to her novel, Beyond the Next Star, and both books are part of Melody’s Love Beyond series. In her latest, Sight Beyond the Sun, Melody brings us fresh main characters and a whole new world to explore in this stand-alone alien romance that involves espionage, an intergalactic human-trafficking ring and an enemies-to-lovers romance. Melody has been writing and publishing for quite a while now, and she’ll give us some insight into mistakes she’s made, lessons she’s learned, and her experiences as hybrid author dealing with both traditional and indie publishing. In this episode, I’ll chat with Melody about her writing journey, how she continues to grow as a writer and editor with each book she produces, and why she shifted her focus from running book ads to finding ways to connect directly with readers.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Elma Linz Kanefield discusses her book, Hamlet’s Mirror: Reaching Your Potential Onstage and Off. It is a book designed for performing artists, but the advice it contains could apply to all artists and artists-at-heart. Elma is a psychotherapist and one of the world’s only specialists in the psychology of the performing artist. And she knows what she’s talking about. Her own horrifying experience with stage fright as a young performer in New York City led her to become a mental health clinician and to write this book. She began writing Hamlet’s Mirror nearly thirty years ago but never quite finished it…until now. Elma is quick to point out that if she had finished the book any earlier, she wouldn’t have had the benefit of her nearly four decades of learning and practicing in the field. In Hamlet’s Mirror, she discusses why artists and performers do what they do, the pressures they experience as a result, and why the goal should be to strive for excellence not perfection. In this episode, I’ll chat with Elma about her writing journey, why artists need to understand the concept she calls “performance potential,” and her specific advice for writers…as well as a few other things.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Laury A. Egan discusses her latest novel, Once, Upon an Island. It is a coming-of-age story set against the beautiful backdrop of the island of St. Croix in 1966, and it follows 16-year-old Olivia and her glamorous mother as they escape to St. Croix following the devasting loss of Olivia’s younger brother. On the island, Olivia befriends a mysterious Czechoslovakian woman named Sofiya, and the two bond over their mutual grief as long-buried secrets come to light. This book is semi-autobiographical for Laury, because she visited St. Croix in 1966 when she was just 16 years old. The island left an indelible impression on her, and she promised herself she would write a book about it someday. So, nostalgia finally led her to put that idea down on paper, more than half a century later. In this episode, I’ll chat with Laury about her writing journey, the similarities between herself and her main character Olivia, and why she wanted to explore the reasons people come to islands and how they are changed as a result of their visit.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Steven C. Harms discusses his new thriller series. He has published two books in the series so far, Give Place to Wrath and The Counsel of the Cunning. In these fast-paced thrillers, Steven’s main character is Roger Viceroy, a veteran police detective in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who is recently divorced, wrestling with his own faith, and extremely good at his job of solving murders. Steven was inspired to create Roger Viceroy and write this series because he is such a big fan of the genre. His goal with each book is to take a morality message and embed it within a secular mystery, and he is currently working on book number three. In this episode, I’ll chat with Steven about his writing journey, his plans for this series and how to keep it exciting, and why he chose Milwaukee, WI as the setting for these stories.
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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Susan Cole discusses her new memoir, Holding Fast. It is Susan’s story of leaving everything behind to follow her husband’s lifelong dream of sailing away. Susan has lived on or around sailboats for most of her life. But when she married John in her early twenties and agreed to live with him on a sailboat, she had never sailed before. After living on several different boats, Susan and John eventually embarked on a three-year voyage through the Caribbean with their seven-year-old daughter and their dog, Elmo. In Holding Fast, Susan recounts the joys of offshore sailing, as well as its many trials and tribulations, including the experience of riding out a hurricane. It was an adventure that profoundly changed their lives forever. In this episode, I’ll chat with Susan about her writing journey, her advice for anyone thinking of sailing away, and how the title of her book, Holding Fast, relates to her husband’s favorite sailor’s knot.
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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Kevin Moore discusses the first two books in his paranormal thriller series, The Book of Souls and The Book of Demons. Kevin practices lucid dreaming. In fact, it was a recurring dream about shadow people trying to get to his son that inspired this series of books. After his son ended up in the ICU, Kevin decided there was something prophetic in the recurring dream, and he began to write. In Kevin’s story, his main character, Jack Kelly, is a family man who has a near-death experience and wakes up in his thirteen-year-old body. He’s told that his memories of a wife and children are false, and he discovers he now has the ability to see demons and ghosts. The Book of Souls was originally intended to be only a short story. But that short story soon became a novel, and that novel grew into a series. In this episode, I’ll chat with Kevin about his writing journey, how he sees a lot of himself in his main character, Jack Kelly, and how lucid dreaming helped with his character development and plotline creation.
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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Alexis Hunter discusses her new memoir, Joi Lansing--A Body to Die For--A Love Story. In this book, Alexis recounts her time spent with Joi Lansing, one of the last blonde bombshells of 1950’s and ‘60’s Hollywood. Known as the Monroe of television, Joi Lansing was a talented actress, singer and performer. Alexis was just starting out in Hollywood when she met the famous actress on a movie set. The two became fast friends and were soon inseparable. Alexis’s memoir details how they fell in love but kept their relationship a secret by introducing Alexis to everyone as Joi’s little sister. Shortly after they began their relationship, Joi Lansing was diagnosed with cancer, and Alexis became her caregiver during the final few years of her life. Joi Lansing died in 1972 at the age of 43. In this episode, I’ll chat with Alexis about her writing journey, what it was like to revisit her past all these years later, and the very memorable first time she met Joi Lansing in person (believe it or not, Alexis was wearing a monkey suit).

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